Maya Ostrowski (ed.)
Politics editor · Co-founder
12 yrs at Reuters before founding Media & News demo in 2019. Beat: regulatory reporting + executive-branch process. <a href="/authors/maya-ostrowski">Read articles</a>.
The people who do the writing.
Eight full-time journalists. Fourteen regular contributors. Two co-founders. Editors marked “ed.” below.
Politics
Marcus Hall
Senior politics reporter
Former Politico Magazine. Constitutional law + state-level politics.
Priya Sundaram
Politics reporter
Joined 2023. Local + municipal politics. Came up at the LA Times.
Technology
Sara Chen (ed.)
Technology editor
Senior tech writer at The Atlantic for six years. AI, ML, research-to-product translation.
Dev Kapoor
Senior technology reporter · Co-founder
Former Engineering at Stripe. Developer tools, infrastructure, open source.
Culture
Naomi Bridges (ed.)
Culture editor
Eight years at the Times culture desk. Museums, fine art, food criticism.
Yusuf Mohammed
Music + festivals
Came up at NPR Music. Live music, electronic music, festival economics.
Jenna Park
Books + reading
Former book editor at The Millions.
Want to write for us?
We commission ~60 freelance pieces a year, mostly from journalists with 5+ years of beat experience. Pitch process at /faq.